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Collection Summary
Collection: 00105 - Orin Grant Libby Manuscript Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00040
Title: Theodore Roosevelt's Cabin, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1912
Creator: Libby, Orin Grant,--1864-1952
Inscription/Marks: "Roosevelt cabin, Bismarck, N.D. 1912"--Handwritten on front of photograph.
Summary: The cabin used by Theodore Roosevelt on the Maltese Cross Ranch near Medora sits in a stand of mature trees on the North Dakota Capitol Grounds in Bismarck.||The Maltese Cross Ranch cabin was located seven miles south of Medora. Roosevelt acquired an interest in the ranch in 1883 and actively ranched in the Badlands until 1887 and maintained an active interest in the area until 1898. During his presidency, the cabin was exhibited in Portland and St. Louis, and then moved to the Capitol Grounds in Bismarck. It was relocated to the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in 1959. __E. R. Steinbrueck photos for My Red Brother.
Red ID: PH_I_147013 Image ID: 96884 Image Notes: 00105-00040

Collection: 00105 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Orin Grant Libby Manuscript Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1863 - Circa 1940

Summary: Includes images taken by E. R. Steinbrueck for his book, My Red Brother, historic sites and events such as the Columbia River Historical Expedition in 1926,

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